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The origins of the Arab-Israeli conflict in the 1940s

A history of ongoing turmoil

Is it possible to write an objective history of a conflict which is still underway?

OCR Y321 The Middle East 1908–2011: Ottomans to Arab Spring

When writing a history of a conflict that still rages, historians have to take into account the possibility that there is more than one narrative about its origins. In Israel Palestine the two competing narratives are used like ammunition in the conflict, just as the two parties would use military power or diplomacy to further their aims.

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